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Facebook homepage changes imminent

As I logged into my homepage today, I saw a link announcing the “New Facebook Home Page.“
Thank goodness! That last update was a good step towards managing the glut of social information that facebook provides, but I think was a step backwards in one respect - too much scrolling. I have max updates turned on [...]

Facebook’s Terms of Use, what’s goin’ on? We are. FB Listens and acts.

Controversy swirled around a passage in Facebook’s terms of use… People organized and spoke up. Now Facebook announced in their blog that they revised the terms of use for clarity:
A couple of weeks ago, we revised our terms of use hoping to clarify some parts for our users. Over the past couple of days, we received [...]

Facebook - passion, obsession or not at all?

I was having a conversation with a good friend this evening that went along these lines:
ME: I like being on Facebook. I admit I’ve been through my “obsession” period and now enjoy the whole “social experiment” part of it, plus the ambient awareness and since I know it’s all about me, I generally post links [...]

Business or personal? Facebook is making people think thrice about how much to share

It’s intriguing to me to see what people choose and do not choose to share on Facebook. Right now, I see a some interesting things happening:
1) Business contacts only commenting lightly on personal matters, such as birthday wishes, but tentatively promoting work-related things of interest.
2) Friends adapting to the notification system in Facebook, such as becoming acutely [...]

Facebook advertising is growing up, but needs to keep growing

I posted this on my Facebook wall:
I am laughing at the ads Facebook chooses to serve me. I mean seriously. Just because I’m single, straight and male, it’s appropriate to show me pictures of “hotties” and wedding rings? Grow up, advertising! And grow up advertisers!
Contextual advertising has a looooooong way to go! At least you [...]

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